Holding band



Nov. 18, 1930.

w CARTER HOLDING BAND Filed Jan. 21, 1929 I llz ven-or,"

winifirop li wrer Patented Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES wm'rxmor L. CARTER, F 'NAsHuA, NEW H'ArrPsnian, AssIeNoR' 'ro NASHuA S R HOLD, COMPANY, orrosm'rs noLmNGfBANDY Application e r-awr 2111929." Serial Nb. 333,915.

This invention relates to means for holding articles in proper shape, orgroups of articles properly assembled, and refers particularly to paper bands adapted to'surround articles or groups of articles, an end portion of each band having a coating to enable itto be ad- "hesively connected to another surface portion of theband after being wrapped around.

the article or group.

As is well known, practically all adhesive materials when applied to paper and then dried, cause the coated portion of the paper to curl, and such curling interferes with proper manipulation of the paper to apply it to the use for which it is intended. Such curling particularly affects the coated ends of rather.

narrow andusually'thin paper strips such as employed for the purposes for which the present inventionis intended, such as holding laundered articles. Thereforeone of the objects of my invention is to provide holding bands which may be economically produced 1 and having adhesivecoated endportions possessing aminimum tendency tocurl.

Another object is to provide paper bands having adhesive-coated end portions which may be manipulated by a person without soiling ones fingersby contact withthe adhesive.

Another object is to provide such bands with extreme transverse end edges which are provided with no exposed adhesive and which,

when the bands are'to be removed from the Figure 2 is a plan view of the'complete band. Y

Figure 3 represents a section on line 3430f Figure 2 on a much enlarged scale.

I Similar reference characters designate similar parts or features in all of the views.

the full area of adhesive employed.

OF NASHU'A, NEW, nnmrsrrmun coRroRATIoN pnmssa u As. illustrated, a strip a of paper, which it may be of any desired length and width", has a limited end area coated with adhesiveb,

thezadhesive being applied while thepaper is fiat or substantially so, preferably in the manner presently described, the coating: extend:

ing to-the extreme end of the strip asillustrated by Figure 1.? Then, and preferably before the adhesive dries, thepaper is folded ona'transverse line c close to thee xtreme end edge oftheipaper, so as to present a narrow Lin-coated surface cl as illustrated by Figure 2. Such folding brings two layers of the adhesive 6 face to face and effects retention of the strip end in folded condition. In Figure 3 the coating 5 is illustrated as spaced from the paper, but this is only to clarify the structure.

The preferred method of making the bands is to coat a marginal portion of a web of paper with a suitable adhesive, then fold the extreme edge of said coated margin upon itself, and then, after drying the adhesive, transversely-cut the web into strips.

I do not limit myself to folding the paper on but one line 0. It may be folded on two or more parallel transverse lines so that the tab end of the strip may consist of three or more thicknessesof paper instead of the twothicknesses illustrated by Figure 8.

are very economically produced, especially since each consists of a single strip of paper, v

I It will now be understood that the bands having no separate piece attached thereto.

And certain advantages of the structure are as will now be explained. v

The end transverse folding results in the end of the band consisting of a plurality of layers of paper which effect such stiffening as to largely counteract the tendency'of a drygummed piece of paper to curl. WVithout such doubling, or tripling if desired, and Without a separate tab member applied, the dry-gummed end of the strip would so'curl as to interfere with packaging of the bands, or the proper handling of them when applyin them to use.

When a band is being applied to use, the person effecting such application simply grips the folded end both surfaces of which carry no adhesive as illustrated by Figure 3, and therefore does not need to touch any gummed surface either while moistening the gum or when wrapping the band around an article or package and afiiXing the guniined area to the other end of the hand. Therefore the usershands may avoid becoming soiled.

Then when an applied band is to be removed from the article ofipaokage, the free v and un attached folded end presents a tab which, by pulling it, enables the band .to be quickly removed.

Owing to the fact that the strip of paper is ilnperforate in the sense that it has no perforations that would tend to unduly weaken y it, it can be depended upon to reliably confine articles surrounded by it. 4

Having now described my invention, I

claim: V 7

1A bandfor holding articles, comprising an elongated imperforated strip, a narrow end edge of which is folded to provide a plurality of layers,a limited area'of the strip adjacent to said folded end havinga dry-gum coating.

In testimony whereof I have afiiXed my signature. .U V

WINTHROP L. CARTER. 

